My New Place

Yesterday was a big day for me. It was my very first "grown-up job" payday, and it was also the day I moved into my new place (made possible by my first grown-up job payday). So come on in, and I'll give you a little tour of my place, all from the door of my room (please excuse the mess, and be careful on the stairs).

My room is in the basement, at the bottom of the stairs. Those stairs, to be precise. ~gestures to the picture below~ Those stairs lead from the side door. If you come straight down you enter my room; if you turn left on the landing and take two steps up, you're in the upstairs kitchen.

I say upstairs kitchen because there's also a downstairs one. The picture below on the left is the view from my door, facing out and left. There's also a table to the right, but it's blocked by the wall in this shot. To the left of the kitchen is the downstairs bathroom. Further to the left down a very short hall is the downstairs living room, and just off of that is a large bedroom shared by two of my roommates, Taylor and Megan (who are cousins). If you stand at my door and look out and right, you see the laundry / storage room.

This view below on the left is standing at my door looking to the left. The one on the right is standing at my door and looking straight ahead. The wall color doesn't look quite right, but it's a kind of dusky dark pink, with more purple than red in it. The other three walls are white painted paneling.

Here's the view from just inside my door toward the far left wall. That the wall my window and my bed are on. I've rearranged the furniture a little, and now the desk is against the same wall as the headboard, right up next to my bed. I'm typing this sitting at the head of my bed with my computer sitting on the desk. I'm going to pause just to complain a little bit about sleeping on a twin bed again. I sure do miss my lovely queen from my other house. ~heaves a heavy sigh~

And here's the view from the foot of my bed, looking back toward the door.

 So, really nothing too spectacular (and not nearly as nice as my last place - but cheaper!), but I'm hoping when I get everything unpacked and put away and organized and hopefully get all my art hung it will feel more like home. I have to admit that I felt a little lonely and sad last night. Jordanne and her family were very good to me and I'm going to miss them. Still, one has to be independent eventually, right?

When I get more settled in, I'll take some more pictures and show you how things look in that configuration. In the meantime, I'm excited that my mom will be coming into town this week and will be staying for my birthday!